Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |||
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| Country |  France
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| Préfecture | Marseille | ||
| Highest point | Barre des Écrins | ||
| - location | Alps, Hautes-Alpes | ||
| - elevation | 4,102 m (13,458 ft) | ||
| - coordinates | 44°55′21″N 6°21′36″E / 44.92250°N 6.36000°E | ||
| Lowest point | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Area | 31,399.8 km² (12,124 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 4,983,438 (2014) [1] | ||
| Density | 159 /km² (412 /sq mi) | ||
| Subdivisions | 6 departments 18 arrondissements 146 cantons 953 communes | ||
| President | Christian Estrosi | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | FR-PAC | ||
 Location of PACA (in red)
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| Website: PACA Region | |||
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA (Occitan: Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur, Italian: Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra) is one of the 18 administrative regions of France. Its capital is Marseille.
Geography[change | change source]
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is the tenth largest region of France with an area of 31,399.8 km2 (12,124 sq mi). It is in southeastern France and borders to the east with Monaco and Italy (with the Italian regions of Liguria and Piedmont). To the north is the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and to the west is the Occitanie region.
To the south, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has about 900 km (560 mi) of coast along the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
The distances from Marseille, the capital of the region, to other cities are:[3]
- Paris, the national capital, 775 km (482 mi);
- Toulouse, 407 km (253 mi);
- Bordeaux, 645 km (401 mi);
- Lyon, 315 km (196 mi);
- Montpellier, 169 km (105 mi);
- Nice, 203 km (126 mi).
Rivers[change | change source]
The only main drainage basin in the region is the Mediterranean basin; some of the rivers in region are:
Mountains[change | change source]
The Barre des Écrins (44°55′21″N 6°21′36″E / 44.92250°N 6.36000°E), at 4,102 m (13,458 ft), is the highest mountain of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.[4] It is in the Écrins National Park (French: Parc national des Écrins), one of the ten French national parks.
The highest point of the different departments in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region are:[5]
| Department | Mountain | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Aiguille de Chambeyron | 3,412 m (11,194 ft) |
| Hautes-Alpes | Barre des Écrins | 4,102 m (13,458 ft) |
| Alpes-Maritimes | Cime du Gélas | 3,143 m (10,312 ft) |
| Bouches-du-Rhône | Bertagne | 1,041 m (3,415 ft) |
| Var | Mont de Lachens | 1,714 m (5,623 ft) |
| Vaucluse | Mont Ventoux | 1,911 m (6,270 ft) |
Departments[change | change source]
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is formed by 6 departments:
| ISO 3166-2 |
Shield | Department | Prefecture | Arr. | Cant. | Comm. | Population (2014)[6] |
Area (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR-04 | 
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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Digne-les-Bains | 4 | 15 | 198 | 161,588 | 6,925.2 | 23.3 |
| FR-05 | 
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Hautes-Alpes | Gap | 2 | 15 | 167 | 139,883 | 5,548.7 | 25.2 |
| FR-06 | 
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Alpes-Maritimes | Nice | 2 | 27 | 163 | 1,083,312 | 4,298.6 | 252.0 |
| FR-13 | 
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Bouches-du-Rhône | Marseille | 4 | 29 | 135 | 2,006,069 | 5,087.5 | 394.3 |
| FR-83 | 
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Var | Toulon | 3 | 23 | 153 | 1,038,212 | 5,972.5 | 173.8 |
| FR-84 | 
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Vaucluse | Avignon | 3 | 17 | 151 | 554,374 | 3,567.3 | 155.4 |
| Total of the Region | 18 | 126 | 967 | 4,983,438 | 31,399.8 | 158.7 | |||
Arr. = Arrondissements Cant. = Cantons Comm. = Communes
Demographics[change | change source]
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region had, in 2014, a population of 4,983,438,[1] with a population density of 158.7 inhabitants/km2.
The main cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants (2014) in the region are:
| INSEE code |
City | Department | Population (2014) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13055 | Marseille | Bouches-du-Rhône | 858,120 |
| 06088 | Nice | Alpes-Maritimes | 343,895 |
| 83137 | Toulon | Var | 165,584 |
| 13001 | Aix-en-Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône | 142,149 |
| 84007 | Avignon | Vaucluse | 92,209 |
| 06004 | Antibes | Alpes-Maritimes | 75,731 |
| 06029 | Cannes | Alpes-Maritimes | 73,744 |
| 83126 | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Var | 64,675 |
| 83069 | Hyères | Var | 56,502 |
| 83061 | Fréjus | Var | 53,511 |
| 13004 | Arles | Bouches-du-Rhône | 52,697 |
| 06069 | Grasse | Alpes-Maritimes | 50,409 |
| 13056 | Martigues | Bouches-du-Rhône | 48,870 |
| 06027 | Cagnes-sur-Mer | Alpes-Maritimes | 47,811 |
| 13005 | Aubagne | Bouches-du-Rhône | 45,128 |
| 13103 | Salon-de-Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône | 44,187 |
| 13047 | Istres | Bouches-du-Rhône | 43,463 |
| 06030 | Le Cannet | Alpes-Maritimes | 42,454 |
| 05061 | Gap | Hautes-Alpes | 40,225 |
| 83050 | Draguignan | Var | 40,054 |
| 13028 | La Ciotat | Bouches-du-Rhône | 35,631 |
| 83118 | Saint-Raphaël | Var | 34,567 |
| 13117 | Vitrolles | Bouches-du-Rhône | 34,236 |
| 13054 | Marignane | Bouches-du-Rhône | 34,154 |
| 83129 | Six-Fours-les-Plages | Var | 33,652 |
Gallery[change | change source]
Marseille
Nice
Toulon
Aix-en-Provence
Avignon
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Populations légales 2014: Recensement de la population - Population des régions" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 February 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Un territoire" (in French). La Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "La ville de Marseille". Annuaire-Mairie.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Barre des Écrins, France". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 10 February 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "France Department High Points". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 10 February 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 February 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
Other websites[change | change source]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. |
- Regional Council website Archived 2012-02-14 at WebCite (in French)
- Prefecture of the region
- Encyclopédie Larousse online (in French)
